Intracranial tuberculoma: Case report and review of the literature

Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1981, Pages 1133-1136

  Deangelis, Lisa M ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

BONE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; SKULL; THERAPY; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEW YORK; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0019465348     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.31.9.1133     Document Type: Article

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